ASSURED MOBILITY INTEGRATING AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS - DTIC

USAWC STRATEGY RESEARCH PROJECT

ASSURED MOBILITY INTEGRATING AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS

by

Dr. Nola Rebecca Johnson Department of Army Civilian

Lieutenant Colonel Richard Nord Project Advisor

This SRP is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Strategic Studies Degree. The U.S. Army War College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (215) 662-5606. The Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The views expressed in this student academic research paper are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.

U.S. Army War College CARLISLE BARRACKS, PENNSYLVANIA 17013

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Assured Mobility Integrating and Strategic Implications

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AUTHOR:

Dr. Nola Rebecca Johnson

TITLE:

Assured Mobility Integrating and Strategic Implications

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Strategy Research Project

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26 March 2007

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KEY TERMS:

Concepts, Capabilities, Joint Functions, Warfighting Functions

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This project researches the `concept' Assured Mobility and proposes doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel and facilities (DOTMLPF) integrating aspects and strategic implications. Covered is a fundamental understanding of the development of concepts and their utility; that being concepts are developed from overarching joint operating and functional concepts from which warfighting functions and capabilities are derived and DOTMLPF requirements identified. The concept Assured Mobility is addressed, which at an Army tactical and operational level is mostly aligned with the warfighting functions of Protection, and Movement and Maneuver, with DOTMLPF implications identified. The relevance of Assured Mobility is outlined, with a key vulnerability being anti access, and strategic level implications are identified. Finally, the paper proposes that Assured Mobility should be further developed for the strategic level, that it more fully aligns with the Joint Protection Function, and identifies some DOTMLPF recommendations.

ASSURED MOBILITY INTEGRATING AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS

This project researches the `concept' Assured Mobility and proposes doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel and facilities (DOTMLPF) integrating aspects and strategic implications. The importance of the development of concepts is they link strategic guidance to the development and employment of future force capabilities. The critical function of concepts is that they serve as "engines for transformation" that ultimately lead to the identification of possible DOTMLPF changes or gaps and policy changes.1

The paper is organized into three sections. The first outlines a fundamental understanding of the development of concepts and their utility ? that being concepts are developed from overarching joint operating and functional concepts from which warfighting functions and capabilities are derived and DOTMLPF requirements identified. The second section discusses the concept Assured Mobility and how at an Army operational level it is mostly aligned with the warfighting functions of Protection, and Movement and Maneuver, and discusses potential refinements and DOTMLPF implications. Finally, the last section proposes that Assured Mobility should be further developed for the strategic level, that it more fully aligns with the Joint Protection Function, and identifies some DOTMLPF recommendations.

First we will review the development of `concepts.' With the guidance from the National Defense Strategy, Quadrennial Defense Review, and National Military Strategy, services have been transforming from a threat based model to a capabilities-based model, which is being used for joint force development. Concepts are developed using these top-level strategic guidance documents to identify future capability requirements. Concepts define required capabilities, which in turn allow services to determine DOTMLPF requirements necessary to execute those capabilities. Services are provided Joint Operations Concepts which provides the overarching description of how the future Joint Force will operate across the entire range of military operations. It is the underlying framework for developing subordinate Joint Operating Concepts (JOCs), which describe the attributes and capabilities required of the joint force, and Joint Functional Concepts (JFCs) which integrate a set of related tasks to attain the capabilities required.2 A supporting concept is a description of how a task or procedure is performed within the context of a broader functional area using a particular capability, (that is a specific technology, training/education program, organization, or facility). Through the development of supporting enabling concepts, the services further refine and characterize with more clarity those required capabilities.

Figure 1shows the linkages between Joint Operating, Functional, and Integrating Concepts. Likewise, Figure 2 shows how these Joint concepts have been incorporated into

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